Terminal Architecture (Reaktion Books - Essays in Art and Culture)

In Terminal Architecture , Martin Pawley argues that nearly all modern architecture is misconceived. To embrace a genuinely innovative architectural future would entail a radical shift in values and Pawley considers new vocabularies to achieve this aim. The vision described in Terminal Architecture is an apocalyptic one, spelling the end of architecture and the city as we know them, and cannot fail to stimulate debate. "Brilliant and beautifully written"Jonathan Glancey, The Architects' Journal In This Polemical Work, Journalist Martin Pawley Argues That The British Obsession With The Architectural Past Is A Cultural Dead End With No Relevance To The Technological Age. He Describes A Vision Of Architecture For The Next Century. Terminal 2098 -- From Cold War To New Reality -- London's Unlucky Towers -- The Skyscraper Goes East -- Over The Top With Art History -- From Modernism To Postmodernism -- From Postmodernism To Terrorism -- The Urbanization Of The Sand-heap. Martin Pawley. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1 Terminal 2098......Page 12 2 From Cold War to New Reality......Page 22 3 London's Unlucky Towers......Page 45 4 The Skyscraper Goes East......Page 72 5 Over the Top with Art History......Page 94 6 From Modernism to Postmodernism......Page 113 7 From Postmodernism to Terrorism......Page 133 8 The Urbanization of the Sand-heap......Page 156 9 Terminal Architecture......Page 179 References......Page 212 Bibliography......Page 220 List of Illustrations......Page 222 In this polemical work, journalist Martin Pawley argues that the British obsession with the architectural past is a cultural dead end with no relevance to the technological age, and describes a vision of architecture for the next century.